"Sarita, is everything okay?" Rohan asked her when she walked into the living room with Vikrant. "Sit. I'll have a maid bring you water." He left. "No, sir." She found that there was no use lying to Vikrant's father. She was, after all, here in his house and not her father's house. "I told my parents about the baby and my father told me to terminate it." "What?" Rohan and Amalia exchanged puzzled glances. "He threatened to hurt me and my baby if I disobeyed, so I ran away." She said. "You'll be safe here." Rohan assured her. Vikrant returned with a glass of water and gave it to her then settled down beside her. "Thank you." She gulped down the water and he took the glass from her and set it on the coffee table. "Didn't you tell him who the father of your baby is?" Amalia inquired. "He must think you were raped by Pablo or Lorenzo." "He thought that at first, but I told him the whole story and..." Her voice wavered. "It's okay. Say no more." Vikrant said. She looked like it p
"Jevan! Watch your words!" Priya scolded him. "Do not say such terrible things about your daughter.""I'm going to have you arrested for rape." Jevan swore, wagging his finger at Vikrant. "You raped my daughter!""I did not!" Vikrant protested, getting to his feet as well. "Sarita told me the whole truth." Jevan said. "I read her diary and I saw everything she wrote in it. How you beat her up and raped her!""I didn't do it on my own volition! I was ordered to!" Vikrant refuted. "They were going to kill her.""I don't want to listen to you anymore." Jevan shook his head. "Please leave.""You are really going to have my son arrested? You're going to take him to court?" Rohan asked, getting to his feet. "Are you sure about that?""I know you have a lot of money, sir, but a crime is a crime and your son committed one." Jevan answered. "I'll take him to court.""Very well, then." Rohan nodded. "See you in court, then." He grabbed Vikrant's hand and stormed out in anger."I hope you know
A month later "You don't have to kill anyone because of me." Sarita informed her father in a flat voice. Her face was devoid of any expression and the words she was about to utter made her heart ache. "You want me to come back home, right? I'll come back... but after I've delivered my baby." "That is months from now." Her father protested. "Take it or leave it." Sarita bit out. "I have just less than six months before I graduate from high school. I have seven months to go before I give birth." She took a deep breath and let it out. "Let me deliver this baby in peace... then I'll go with you to India." Vikrant grabbed her arm and whirled her around to face him. Confusion etched on his face and a flicker of hurt flashed in his eyes before it vanished so fast that she wondered if she'd only imagined it. "What are you saying, Anu?" He demanded. "You're just going to leave?" Sarita looked at his beloved face and she let him see what she couldn't show her father; the pain and despair
A Month later "Desperate hussy." "Slut." "Just another notch in his bed post." Sarita hung her head in shame as she stood in front of her locker at school, trying to open her locker but failing miserably as she tried to keep her tears at bay. Everyone in school had heard of her pregnancy and they weren't nice about their comments when they realized that Vikrant Suryavanshi was the father of her baby. It was worse as the rumor going around the school was that Vikrant didn't want the baby and dumped her for someone else. She was called different names but it wasn't to her face since no one wanted to incur the wrath of Kalyani Singh or her other knight in shining armor; Michael Tanner. Unfortunately, despite being her protectors, they couldn't tell the truth because Vikrant had expressly forbidden them from telling anyone, so they'd kept their mouths shut. "Don't listen to them." Raj said. Sarita whirled around to look at Raj. She eyed him over in disgust but said nothing to h
Sarita had dreaded Divya's return but surprisingly, nothing happened when she came face to face with Divya in the hallways. Divya had even politely asked her how she was, which had caught her off guard but she figured that it was because there were witnesses including Vikrant so she couldn't try anything. "You took my man from me!" Divya yelled, the knife in her hand pointed at Sarita's stomach. "I didn't do it on purpose! I swear! It just happened!" Sarita pleaded. "Getting pregnant doesn't just happen!" Divya huffed arrogantly. "Unless one plans it! I'm going to enjoy killing you, Sarita Madhav." Her maniacal laughter sent chills up Sarita's spine. "Vikrant Suryavanshi will be mine!" Divya stabbed her. "No, please!" Sarita cried out from her dream and jerked awake. "Miss Madhav, are you okay?" The geography teacher, Mrs Winston inquired. Sarita looked around with unfocused, fearful eyes that glistened with tears until she heard someone snicker and she shook her head to clear
A Month later Due to reasons best known to her alone, Sarita kept postponing her visit to the hospital for her appointment. She was supposed to have gone for her second check up but she refused to do so. Her mother bugged her about it, got no tangible reason from her and left her to it. It was her life, she thought, she was the one carrying the baby so she could damn well do anything she wanted. "Ma'am." Sarita raised her hand to get the attention of her geometry teacher. "You can ask your questions after I'm done." Mrs Clarke said. "Can I be excused?" Sarita felt like her bladder would burst if she didn't get a move on. "I need to use the restroom." "Of course." She said. "Thank you." She shot to her feet and hurried out of the class. Her classmates burst out laughing. "What's funny?" Mrs Clarke demanded. "She walks like a penguin." A girl snickered. "So I walk like a penguin?" Mrs Clarke arched a brow, resting her hand on her protruding belly. She was also pregnant. The
"What?" Sarita exchanged puzzled glances with Vikrant. "Twins?" "Yes." The doctor nodded. "Hidden twins are common in mono amniotic pregnancies which is true in your case. Your babies are sharing the same sac which would make them identical." "You know, mom thought so too, Sarita." Kaly said. "She was right." "So... They're fine, right?" Vikrant's voice came out a bit shaky. "The fall didn't hurt them?" "Their heartbeats are strong." He assured him. "Baby A seems to weigh more than Baby B but it's not so much that we have to worry." He pointed to the screen to show them the babies' fingers and toes and whatnot. After a lecture from the doctor about safety, Sarita was discharged and they left the hospital. Kaly looped her arm around Sarita's as they waited for Vikrant who'd gone to the restroom to come back so they could leave. "I'm so happy for us, Rita." Kaly squeezed her hand lovingly. "Twins! I hope they're both girls." "Absolutely not." Vikrant growled from behind her, havi
"Not on your life!" Vikrant roared. "Never!""Never?" Karan chuckled softly."NEVER." Vikrant repeated emphatically. "I'd prefer to die than to give them up. They're mine." He took a deep breath to calm himself down and flashed Karan a smile. "Sarita included.""Is that so?" Karan challenged. "Are you sure you want to go down this road?""You got greedy... Friend." Vikrant answered. "You upped the stakes so I'm doing the same. I want all three of them for myself."Karan laughed. "I like your son, Mr Suryavanshi." He told Rohan as he rose to his feet. "He's brave, but I'm sorry to say... Stupid." He seared Vikrant with a death glare. "Friday 5pm, Exodus Arena. Don't be late.""You want to fight with him?" Rohan asked."Fight to the death." Karan said. "Loser relinquishes his rights to the girl and the babies." He sized Vikrant up. "I heard you won the U18 MMA award two years ago and your opponent was a year older than you were - bigger than you were too.""So?""You're not green behind